Education System Insuring Society Has Enough Morons

One fault with public education is the insanity of the underlying principle of modern democracy that everyone is equal in every way. Being equal under the law is one thing, but pretending we all have equal capacities spells death for a society. The pretense of overall equality implies we are all equally perfectible, that all we need to become perfectly equal is equal education, and that equal public education for all becomes the way to the perfect society.

However, because there are vast differences in the mental capacities of individuals, the best our educational system can do under the circumstances is to fit the standard of education to the lowest common denominator, and to keep on lowering it as more and more are invited or forced into the school system. It would be undemocratic to set the standard above the reach of the most unfortunate moron.

- adapted from various sources

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